Financial Management

This morning, my girlfriend broke up with me. Yes, this is no joke. Diane, my significant other of three years, has finally left me for another man. And it all began, according to her, on a testimonial a friend of mine recently posted. She had a dispute over me seeing other girls, with the accompanying fear that I was making out with them and even having other relationships besides her. In light of this most tragic of events, allow me to make a few clarifications:

1) I never had any other relationships with other girls or made any move on other female species. Other than the usual crushes and female friends I enjoy chilling with, I never had any other relationships with any other girls in our three-year relationship. My friends could certainly testify to that.

2) The testimonial I made was an incident that took place January 2003. That was regarding the time I mentioned meeting up with her at our common friend’s house. In short, the incident had no bearing on our relationship because it had been sometime since the incident when we became official. My concerned friend will verify my claims.

As of this moment, I have set to deleting my testimonials and messages for her, and even contemplated on removing her from my list of friends. Much as I want to continue the relationship, I am hurt so bad that all I just want to do is be alone. It isn’t exactly the nicest thing when she says that she met someone new and even brought him to the bus terminal to take him home. And I’m in no mood to be “just friends” with her after what she did, leaving me over a simple testimonial.

It’s history repeating itself all over again. I thank God I’m somehow not the suicidal type, or the vengeful monster who seeks to make my ex’s life a living hell. I’m surprised I have quite a bit of inner strength considering all the sh*t that…...

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